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Great teaching time with the kids! I love it.

12C ‘88-92 E-5 12th ENG BN

These are my credentials!

I was in the 8th ID, 12th Engineer Bn. from March ‘89 until it deactivated and was assigned to the 1st AD Engineer Bde. Started out at Anderson Barracks in Dexheim, and finished In March of ‘92 in Bad Kreuznach.

US Army Combat Engineer - Bridge Specialist 1988-92 National Guard Counterintelligence Agent 1994-99 Loved it!

Looks like a Volkswagen Squareback.

If you’ll stay in the house for 7+ more years, switch to tankless. If you’ll move or sell before 7 years, replace like for like.

Another great option. Probably the most cost-effective, yet.

Last year I ran into some college kids on Spring Break in Moab driving a Turo Jeep and thought it was genius.

What do you think about renting the base rig you think you’d like best, then seeing how you like it over the 4 weeks and 5,000 miles? As for serious ‘off-roading’ in Moab, for example, rent a built up Jeep in town. Your rental LX (or whatever) will get you everywhere else. Try finding one...

You’re going to have a great time, Keith! And you found a great community here.

I have. It can be spectacular. When I drove the Pony Express trail from Salt Lake to Lake Tahoe I’d initially planned to go with friends, with my son as my co-driver. One by one, they all dropped out, so I charged up my InReach and went solo. The trail is not technical, and the experience...

Just bought a camp toilet for my son and his family to keep in his 1996 FJZ80 Landcruiser. ‘Leave no trace’ doesn’t allow for cat holes anymore.

First things I did were slightly bigger AT tires and ‘step sliders’ by Body Armor. Plenty of people will point out that these aren’t real sliders, and they’re right; but they are enough for what I do. The rest came as my hobby evolved and needs manifest themselves.

I wanted something with a good selection of modifications available, something that was capable - out of the box, and something that could grow with me as my activities changed over the years.